Wrist and hand support for key-board instruments



(Model.)

M. POWER. f `Wrist and Hand Support for Keyboard Instruments. No.240,268. Patented April 19,1881.

Fay. J.

L A i A zo one, S, at the top.

e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MINNIE POWER, OF OONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WRIST AND HAND SUPPORT FOR KEY-BOARD INSTRUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,268, dated April19,A 1881.

Application filed January 8, 1881. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mrs. MINNIE POWER, of Oonneautville, in the countyof Crawford and State ot' Pennsylvania, and a citizen of 5 the UnitedStates, have invented a new and Improved Attachment to Pianos, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to give the pupil a correct position ot'the arms and hands in playing the piano, for curving the fingers, andsupporting the wrists. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a front View ot' my device. Fig.

I5 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line xx, Fig. l.

Gr G are upright supports, of wood or metal. These are connectedtogether by the crosspiece VV at the bottom, and a corresponding Thecross-piece S is shown in the drawings, the end in dotted lines in Fi g.2, and in cross-section in Fig. 3.

On the upright Gr is a flange, M, which is placed on the edge of thepiano below the key- 2 5 board.

3o which there are two, one on each end ofthe device. These areconnected together by the ered-by means of the slotted support N N 4oand the thumb-screw I). (See Fig. 3.)

A A is a rest for the wrist. This rest is attached to the adjustable armR (see Fig. 2) by the slot 0 and thumb-screw C, by which means thewrist-rest can be brought nearer 45 the person of the player or theinstrument, as may be desired.

By this device the wrists are supported by the rest A A, and the hand bythe rest B B,

both ot' which, by their supports and thuxnb- 5o screws, are madeadjustable, as described.

I claim- The hand-guide consisting of the adjustable wrist-support A andadjustable hand-support B, in combination with the supports G Gr and 55hand-screw F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

MINNIE POWER.

Witnesses:

H. M. RICHMOND, A. B. RICHMOND.

By means ot' this slot and thumb- 35

